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Drummers · 1940–2013

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American jazz drummer (1940–2013)

Born: 12 January 1940
Fort Worth
Died: 19 October 2013
Fort Worth
Country: United States
Active: 1958–
Record labels: DIW Records, Antilles
Discography: 5 albums

Biography

Ronald Shannon Jackson was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Ronald Shannon Jackson was born on 12 January 1940 in Fort Worth and died on 19 October 2013 in Fort Worth. The music is usually filed under jazz and jazz fusion. Record labels: DIW Records and Antilles. The discography here lists 5 albums, from “Pulse” (1984) to “What Spirit Say” (1995).

Ronald Shannon Jackson (January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013) was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer. Jackson and bassist Sirone are the only musicians to have performed and recorded with the three prime shapers of free jazz: pianist Cecil Taylor, and saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Pulse 1984 · Celluloid

Texas 1988

Red Warrior 1990

Taboo 1990

What Spirit Say 1995

Also plays on

Albums where Ronald Shannon Jackson is credited as a sideman

1977	Dancing in Your Head — Ornette Coleman	drums (drum set)
1978	Body Meta — Ornette Coleman	membranophone
1978	The Cecil Taylor Unit — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
1979	Live in the Black Forest — Cecil Taylor	drums (drum set)
1980	Are You Glad to Be in America? — James Blood Ulmer	drums (drum set)
1981	Albert Live In Montreux! — Albert Mangelsdorff	drums (drum set)
1983	Baselines — Bill Laswell	membranophone
1987	Spillane — John Zorn	drums (drum set)
1987	America - Do You Remember The Love? — James Blood Ulmer	drums (drum set)
1988	Wings — James Blood Ulmer	drums (drum set)
1999	Slug's Saloon — Albert Ayler	drums (drum set)